If you don’t think you’d look like enough of a tool with a NKOTB number plate, try a Nickelback one. From Julien. Did we have this before. We’ve had some glorious entry statements, eg Darch, but this one makes entering Claremont seem like driving into Katanning or Moora. From WAtching.Lisa sees some of that ridiculous chalk graffiti. In this disposable world of ours, maybe graffiti is instantly disposable too. Oh, and poo on you by the way. And Mug Punter sees another church trying to be funny. Please don’t do this Jesus jockeys. Makes you look like you’d have a Niklbak numberplate.

The Town of Claremont sign leans slightly to the right; possibly a subtle statement by some slightly left-leaning government employment-creating-program gang who erected it in the 1980s. Smack bang on the town boundary is another sign pertaining to parking/standing/etc bylaws, ensuring every inch of potential local government revenue collecting space is utilised. And who is their neighbouring municipality who is too stingy to continue such a beautiful red brick pathway? The yellow Landcruiser (Claremont’s answer to the Toorak Tractor?) wouldn’t be out of place in Katanning either.

It’s more of a bombshell that someone from a minor party that loves to capitalise on its self generated image as purer, more sound, and more ethical than everyone else in the game shags the 2IC of the liberal party, the architect of the new workchoices (the greens like to believe they can replace Labor as the Unions’ party because of their ‘superior’ policies despite not being electable tp govern), and a known sexual harrasser.

It’s completely disingenous of her to claim it has no bearing on her position as a non govt mp. The greens need the liberals out of the race for Freo to keep the seat; the member has literally been in bed with them!

Carles won an historic by election just a year ago and appears to have shat on the greens’ chances of keeping a trophy seat. Very poor choice, not just on a personal level but on a political level. So yes, although it shoudln’t be, it’s more newsworthy than Male Politician Can’t Keep it in His Pants.

I am keen to hear Troy’s wife speak out. Her staunch defense of him after his previous indiscretions were outed was expected, but she must be fucking fuming. I hope she has a media brain snap moment and publicly blasts him for being the pig he is.

Wouldn’t it be nice if The Snedger were crucified for his indiscretions? Couldn’t happen to a nicer bloke. But Carles will probably take the flak, as usual is the case for women in politics, amongst other spheres, in these supposedly enlightened times. Liberal scum, Liberals go.

At least she had the decency to apologise to the public for her part in this sorry saga and will wear the embarrassment, not to mention any marital difficulties that may likely ensue. But good ol’ Troy Boy, like the real man he is, has gone underground in his Busso bunker. Fuckin’ wuss. What a fucking cunt.

Isn’t bonking someone from the polar opposite of politics not kinky enough for him? What next? Will it be revealed that he has some deviant fetish such as coprophilia, as TISM suggested that Adolf Hitler had? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtRyUZYIvPM)

TONY EASTLEY:Colin Barnett, welcome along to AM. You told AM after the last election you were quitting. What’s changed?

COLIN BARNETT: Well I’ve been conscripted back into duty. Look, I had decided that I would not retire but I would leave politics and pursue another career. There’s been some extraordinary circumstances in this state, first being a dreadful, dreadful Labor Government…

TONY EASTLEY: Some extraordinary circumstances with your own party?

COLIN BARNETT: Yeah and that was the second factor, certainly. And my colleagues, my parliamentary colleagues, the party and members of the community including my own electorate urged me to take on the leadership and I did so under one condition, and that is that everyone would work to win this election.

TONY EASTLEY: Did Troy Buswell leave it in good shape for you?

COLIN BARNETT: Troy had sort of a nightmare period but Troy is an extremely competent person. I very much hope that Troy can resurrect his standing in the community because he’s a very capable young man.

TONY EASTLEY: In hindsight, would it have been better for you to dig your heels in after the last election and say, “Look, I’m not going anyway; I’m staying on as leader”?

COLIN BARNETT: I don’t know Tony, to be honest. And, you know, I had been a minister for eight years then leader for four years and I felt it was the appropriate thing to do to step aside and give some other people a go.

TONY EASTLEY: Because people when they’re making a vote in this election might say, “Well look, Colin Barnett made a poor judgement there. He should have stayed on. He’s backing himself for the job now but he wasn’t going to back himself after the last loss.”

COLIN BARNETT: Circumstances have moved on and you know, if people back Colin Barnett this time, they’re backing a person who is honest, that’s my record in politics.

Because, you know, to a nationwide audience, may I just remind people, the Labor Government has been dreadful. We’ve had five sacked ministers, for example, just routinely passing on confidential information to Brian Burke and Julian Grill who were selling it. I mean, that is about as close to corruption.

It has damaged not only the standard of politics and government in Western Australia; it has damaged the state and the nation’s international reputation.

TONY EASTLEY: Will Troy Buswell be your Treasurer if you win?

COLIN BARNETT: Look, Troy is the Shadow Treasurer so it’s a fair bet he’ll get that job, but we have to win the election first and there’s eight seats to win. It’s a tough call.

i can see your point pl, but i don’t see why i should lower my standards/expectations just because troy likes to be a troy. as far as i am concerned, they are equally appalling.

and i did like this quote at the watoady site:

‘Troy we are trying to scuttle the worst government ever to take the helm of the Australian ship of state, as the election draw ever nearer, and you do this to us. Why ? Now we’are back to square one as the spotlight turns from Rudd and his stuffups to you and Carles stuffup.’

just heard Sniffer saying that even though he used his govt. credit card to pay for a dirty weekend in Sydney, he did not see why defrauding the taxpayer should in any way disqualify him from being Treasurer.

he intends to pay it all back, so that’s alright then, isn’t it?

it’s not fraud if you pay it back (once you’ve been found out.)

he also used his Govt car to travel to trysts with Adele, which makes you wonder if they had a quickie on the back seat.

anyone now travelling in a Gov car will now wonder if the seat is stained with Troy’s semen and Adele’s fanny batter.

I have been trying to think of fruit that is green on the outside and blue on the inside, but my imagination fails me

I see that your gravitar Germaine is on Q and A tonight, with Peter Fitzimmons and other hairy chested patriots for Anzac day. I trust she will say something controversial to raise their blood pressure.

Still no sign of your question, Snuff? It must have been of an extremely personal nature, to be this long in moderation. If I have to guess, then I’m afraid I’ll have to say no, I don’t have any pics of shazza playing topless totem tennis.

It’s just here, Bento. I’m posting from so many different computers these days that WordPress seems a tad confused. Your guess, by the way, is far more interesting, and I look forward to the pics on the front page of the Sunday Times in a week or so.

Off of The Snedger and his left-field paramour (who’d have thunk it?), I have been guilty of crimes of personalised plates: at least they were complete words (“2LITRE” and “BEATLES” have been on my vehicles) and I have since absolved myself by offloading them to others who need the ego massaging, the “look at moi!” factor, that seems to be the common trait of those who display them (thankfully, I’ve grown away from the bogan desire for conspicuous consumption).

In my own completely subjective opinion, I can’t abide Nickelback. Ugh. Not my cuppa tea at all, that aggro-sounding yet fey posturing and sonic utterances they eke out. But honestly, I reckon Choad Grogan, or whatever his name is, their lead groaner, sounds like he’s backed-up and dyin’ to reverse a long-wheelbased high-roof brown Transit van. I recommend that he immediately imbibe a full bottle of lactulose solution and scoff the entire contents of a bag of pitted prunes, to not only evacuate his chocked-up bowels, but the resulting removal of that strain might improve his voice. Perhaps he actually realises that his voice ain’t up to snuff, and that he spends a week eating bratwursts, fried eggs and dumplings for breakfast, lunch and dinner to get that tuffness in the vocal, in which Eddie Vedder seems to have spawned a whole host of less-erudite strainers and growlers who have little-to-nil of his perspective; instead they seem to model themselves on Bon Jovi. Of anyone I know who likes Nickelback, digs the Other Jersey Boys and vice versa. I will not criticise further on their tastes, just to state otherwise horses for courses.

Again, not for me that particular segment of pop. I just think that the fellow could have a novel rockstar overdose, but on laxatives instead. Less full of shit too into the bargain.

I’m going to make this one startling confession and then stop talking about footy forever

I was born a WCE man…etc.

but even I was up on my feet fists in the air as Pav soccered off the ground in the goal square in the 3rd quarter to lead the boys home my relentlessly merciless mates (who had bought me a ticket to rub my nose in your success and Cousins lack thereof) turned to each other, “time for a beer”, they said, “and a coke for Mez”.

“Rumours of an affair between the WA Treasurer and Fremantle Greens MP Adele Carles had been circulating for months but most people who heard them, this reporter included, dismissed the whole idea as too ridiculous, too stupid, too far-fetched to possibly be true.”

I thought the idea of being a journalist was to chase the story and determine whether rumour is fact, rather than just dismissing gossip and letting another newspaper get the scoop.

For a change of pace, here are, courtesy of WA TV History, Video and photos of a Reunion of Radio 6PM Staff of the 70’s & 80’s- and yes Gary Shannon, John Burgess, Yorkie and even John K Watts were there.

Oh and if watched the video, the lady trying to call “Gazza” by doing a Wolfwhistle is Robyn Cousins, who was known on air by Yorkie as Robyn Cokebottle and was supposedly the daughter of King Billy Cokebottle and was employed as Yorkie’s Recpetionist – these girls used to answer the phones and taker the requests etc.